On March 28, 2012 Duyeon Kim, Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, was quoted in China’s CDNews about the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Click here for the story or see below: 國際/核安峰會乏進展 專家認需願景 http://www.cdnews.com.tw 2012-03-28 10:00:56 法新社首爾27日電：專家指出，全球領袖在南韓首爾核子安全高峰會中獲致些許進展；然而，還需要有更多的願景與承諾。 美國總統歐巴馬（Barack Obama）2010年主持華府首屆核安高峰會，將2014年之前安全貯存或銷毀世界各地現有的鈽與高度濃縮鈾，列為會議主要目標。 這個目標至今雖已獲致一些可觀進展。然而本屆峰會今天閉幕時所發表的最後聲明，內容卻顯得不痛不癢。專家認為，這意味著全球核安前途依然充滿變數。 「核裂變材料工作小組」（Fissile Materials Working Group）共同主席盧翁戈（Ken Luongo）指出：「這次高峰會，我們真正需要的是多一些願景，也就是究竟要如何從當前處境再向前邁開步伐。」這個小組由防止核擴散專家組成。 盧翁戈指出，世界各國對核子安全的承諾程度極不一致，導致峰會中提出的執行藍圖一直窒礙難行。他說：「眼前的挑戰是，針對必須如何做才能防範核子恐怖主義，擘畫出遠大的目標。」 下屆全球核安高峰會預定2014年在荷蘭召開。 武器管制暨禁止擴散中心（Center for […]
Abandon Negotiations with North Korea?
By: Gen. Robert Gard An editorial in The Washington Post’s 13 March 2012 edition ridicules the Obama administration for offering 240 metric tons of nutritional assistance to North Korea’s undernourished and hungry population. In return, as part of an announcement on 29 February, Pyongyang agreed to suspend nuclear and missile testing, freeze enrichment of uranium […]
Fact Sheet: 2012 Nuclear Security Summit Preview
By Duyeon Kim DATE March 26-27, 2012 in Seoul, Korea SIGNIFICANCE AND BACKGROUND The 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit aims to strengthen and deepen nuclear security commitments made at the 2010 Washington Summit. The objective of the summit process is to prevent vulnerable fissile materials that can be used to produce nuclear weapons from […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: North Korea’s Planned April Launch
(WASHINGTON) – The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation today criticized the North Korean announcement of a rocket test as a “clear violation” of previous agreements.
North Korea: Small Step Forward, Many More to Go
Published in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. BY DUYEON KIM Article Highlights In reaching an agreement with the United States, North Korea took a small positive step, but details of and compliance with the latest agreement will be key in determining whether Pyongyang is serious about denuclearization. The simultaneously released statements from the United […]
